Headache? Reach for the mustard

2:40 PM,
Mar. 5, 2014

Joe and Teresa Graedon write People's Pharmacy.

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Joe and Teresa Graedon

Dear People's Pharmacy: I have ice-pick migraines. They caused sharp, stabbing pain in my head all day long, seven days a week, until I heard about mustard. I can get two hours of pure pain relief from swallowing a teaspoon of yellow mustard. If I have to go out of the house to church or shopping, I get an hour of relief, due to all the stimulation.

I have not had this much pain relief in three years. I am so grateful for the little jar with the creamy yellow elixir in it.

Dear Reader: Headache experts describe ice-pick headaches as "jabs and jolts" or "stabs and jabs." Usually, the pain is severe but ...